Church of Bacon booms after free wedding, funeral, baptism offer

The United Church of Bacon's membership has trebled following their decision to offer free weddings, funerals and baptisms.

This offer has swelled their numbers to 12,000 individuals.

The United Church of Bacon, not to be confused with the The Holy Church of Kevin Bacon, began in 2010, when some atheist friends of Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller decided to form their own church and then demand the same rights as mainstream religions.

In 2012 the church began recruiting at James Randi's The Amazing Meeting.

"Bacon is our god, but that’s just a term of endearment. We don’t believe that Bacon is actually spiritual, though smelling it is surely a Divine Experience. We also like donuts because they are Holey," according to the church's website.

Of course bacon is not a jealous God - "You may have other gods or no gods before Bacon."

They differentiate themselves from the Church of the Flying Spagetti monster by saying "we prefer our pasta on top of our bacon, while they prefer their bacon on top of their pasta. But that’s cool. Again, we accept everyone who loves the smell of bacon. Also, bacon is real."

According to th UK's Mirror the Church of Bacon has been widely criticised by other religious leaders after it put up several billboards around Las Vegas.

"We enjoy people mocking us. We mock ourselves. This isn’t supposed to offend anyone," said John Whiteside, the church's Founder and Bacon Prophet.